Buffalo HarborCenter | Buffalo Sabres practice hockey arena

Schaefer was the Specialty Engineer of Record and collaborated with a wood supplier to design glulam and steel composite trusses that span over the 28,000 sq ft Buffalo Sabres practice hockey arena. A total of eight trusses spaced 28.5 ft apart support the roof structure; the clear span is 140 ft. The top chord of each truss is approximately 31 in x 31 in glulam beams while the bottom chords are HSS 10x10 to allow for a more airy feel to the arena. This wood roof structure did not raise the construction cost in comparison to the originally designed steel frame structure.

The 1,800-seat practice hockey arena is part of the larger development, HarborCenter, a mixed-use development.